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If someone with herpes touches his lip, then touches an object, than i touch this object and then touch my lip, will i get infected?
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Herpes simplex: Conceivable but highly unlikely. This virus is seldom if ever transmitted by inanimate objects and almost invariably by direct contact.
Answered 9/29/2016
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